Species Hystrix cristata Linnaeus, 1758 (Crested porcupine)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Rodentia
  • ---- family: Hystricidae
  • ----- species: Hystrix cristata
Countries:

BE
Belgium
BW
Botswana
GN
Guinea
HR
Croatia
IT
Italy
KE
Kenya
NA
Namibia
TR
Turkey
Ecoregions:

AT0114
Guinean montane forests
AT0707
Guinean forest-savanna mosaic
AT0711
Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
AT0726
Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
AT1309
Kalahari xeric savanna
AT1316
Namibian savanna woodlands
AT1403
Guinean mangroves
PA0402
Atlantic mixed forests
PA0431
Pannonian mixed forests
PA1201
Aegean and Western Turkey sclerophyllous and mixed forests
PA1211
Italian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests
PA1222
Tyrrhenian-Adriatic Sclerophyllous and mixed forests
Links:
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/27134384
Creator: creator:Thomas Hardwicke
Permission: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Comments: English: « Hystrix cristata » = Hystrix cristata (Crested Porcupine) French: « Hystrix cristata » = Hystrix cristata (Porc-épic à crête)
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/30080765
Date: 1977-12-01
Place: Mara, Tanzania
Creator: David Bygott
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License
Comments: African Porcupine family, Serengeti, Tanzania
Source: wikimedia
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
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